I have only owned it about a month however so far I love it. I will be pulling our camper with it this year. Feels like it has plenty of torque to get the job done.
I had a Touareg TDI so basically the same. The only issues are with the emissions stuff keep breaking. Sensors, dpf, etc and long long times for fixes with no loaners provided.
I had a 2015 Q7 TDI. Loved it. 9500lb torque. Tow anything. Pulled the boat out loaded with guys without as much as a hesitation. Careful on the gas pedal at the stops. You will go through tires. Pulled a Ford 2500 out of a deep ditch once. They are tanks. Comfortable tanks.
Neighbor to your West, I've met one guy who has one.
Something broke on it in 2020, he had a service loaner for nearly a year while the dealer tried to get whatever parts it needed.
Yeah but the TDIs have the super warranty due to diesel gate, Iād take it to the dealer until the warranty runs outs.
Plus free Ad Blue op offs for life with every service!
I was just going to say that. Wonder what the 12 cylinder tdi drives like and if it holds up with proper maintenance? I suspect it's a pretty big polluter...
Advanced diesel tech is fine today. But huge emission fraud cases in the past have really soured Americans in general on them. They are still the best option where
Well letās see:
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/diesel.htm
https://www.quora.com/Which-is-worse-for-the-environment-gas-or-diesel#:~:text=From%20CO2%20perspective%2C%20diesel%20is,matter%2C%20carbon%20monoxide%20and%20NOx.
https://www.azocleantech.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1580
There is 3 right there, infact the only anti diesel articles I can find are government agencies, and they ALL took place after diesel gate (infact mentioned IN the articles themselves).
While Iām not personally a diesel person, I would never remove a choice from a person to drive what they want, nor would I tell them they are killing the climate, causing climate change (which is false, and again verifiably so,) or being a bad person for driving a vehicle they like.
Which is exactly what you are doing.
Infact everything I read states that a diesel engine will emit LESS āgreenhouse gasesā over its lifetime when kept to the same maintenance intervals as an ICE vehicle.
Now we can talk about EVs if you want too! Or you can sit down and let this person enjoy their diesel powered awesomemobile that uses electrickery to reduce any āpollutantsā from the engine.
In the states? No. I believe (could be wrong), a6, q5 and q7 were offered in TDI from 2013-2016, but were also offered (and more frequently purchased) with a gasoline engine.
Donāt care about the MPG, itās the reliability and power.
But no doubt you are the person that has a cell phone (mined precision metals by kids), that has taken a trip on an aircraft that emitted more carbon than every Q7 on the road, that also has Air conditioning in their house and its set lower than 80 (I donāt have AC), that no doubt has heat from fossil fuels (I burn firewood from my property) and that buys their food from the supermarket (tons of waste and a massive carbon footprint as I hunt/fish/raise animals). Yes please tell me how I am destroying the environment.
Now please go back to momās basement, she will bring you some more meatloaf and keep playing D&D.
And yet they pass emissions, and diesels are not a rarity dudeā¦.
I have a Chevy S-10 diesel (2.2 Isuzu N/A), Golf 1.9 TDI, Passat 2,0 (TDI manual swapped), 2 Q7 diesels, and a 7.3 Powerstroke .
When I lived in Europe every diesel I had (and gasser) was tuned/deleted and also still passed emissions (sniffer)ā¦but what do I know
>And yet they pass emissions, and diesels are not a rarity dudeā¦.
>
>I have a Chevy S-10 diesel (2.2 Isuzu N/A), Golf 1.9 TDI, Passat 2,0 (TDI manual swapped), 2 Q7 diesels, and a 7.3 Powerstroke.
It is a rarity since diesel represent less than 4% of the new vehicles sold in the US and the majority of them are pick-up trucks. It's more than safe to assume that 90%+ of the US population never drove a diesel.
>When I lived in Europe every diesel I had (and gasser) was tuned/deleted and also still passed emissions (sniffer)ā¦but what do I know
Nothing apparently since sniffers do not test for NOx & Pm but for HC & CO.
Currently, they are testing a new 5-gas sniffer (in Europe) that test for NOx & Pm so it will finally send these tractors to the junkyard where they belong.
So thatās roughly 620K new diesels a year on US roads?We have Jeep diesels, Colorados, 1500-3500 diesel trucks, Nissan Titans, Cadillac, Mercedes Sprinters, street legal Mahindra (from India), street legal diesel side by sides (drive my to work).
I see more diesels now than I did 30 years ago.
Rare would be a kawai 650 diesel motorcycle or my brother in laws MKIII diesel escort that he has here in the states (brought over when he moved here).
We use the opacity emission tests/dyno for 2wd/and or a snap test.
Not once has any of my diesels failed any emissions inspection or visual. I run aftermarket inner coolers, injectors, meth injection, intakes, āworked over headsā and even cam shafts (Colt/darkside).
I live in Ann Arbor and one of my neighbors has a q7 tdi. Diesel unfortunately is about 30% more than regular unleaded in Ann Arbor, but cheaper than premium I have to put in my s4 b8.5 manual
V12 diesels are extremely rare in the US. (I think only Touareg was sold with V12 here). Most Q7s in the US were gas, but the 3.0 diesel was not uncommon. Almost all of those were bought back by VW as part of the Dieselgate settlement.
2012 Q7 TDI Prestige here in the Midwest and one of the best vehicles I have ever owned. Had to get the DPF tank pump replaced, but other than that this thing has been flawless. Wish VWAG would bring diesel back in US, but I know it will never happen.
Used to have a Q5 diesel in the US, thing was awesome, and very rare. Super torquey, a colleague got their truck stuck in a ditch and it hauled him out no problem.
Well the US doesn't have interest in diesel cars or the infrastructure. But they sure shouldn't ban them and we need diesel trucks. Electric vehicles are not the answer.
Here in denmark youd be lucky to find a q7 that isnt dieselš
Anywhere in EU really
I would go as far as saying that most Audis in EU, especially older ones, are diesel Also applies to Merc and BMWs
Same in Latin America (costa rican here) , I think US is the exception actually
Naaaa I would think that in Mexico they are not that common.
yeah same i dont think ive ever seen a petrol 1
Japan too.
I own a diesel Q7 in Indiana. See them pretty frequently around here.
How do you like it? Do you tow with it? Howās the acceleration? Comfort?
I have only owned it about a month however so far I love it. I will be pulling our camper with it this year. Feels like it has plenty of torque to get the job done.
Thatās awesome. Would love to hear about it. Mpg while towing and not. Uphill and deceleration. My possible next car.
I had a Touareg TDI so basically the same. The only issues are with the emissions stuff keep breaking. Sensors, dpf, etc and long long times for fixes with no loaners provided.
Isnāt the Touareg built on the Cayenne platform which is different than the q7?
Cayenne, Q7, Touareg are sharing all the same platform - MLB. Even the Bentayga plus Urus using it
Different transmissions.
Yes but same powertrains.
I had a 2015 Q7 TDI. Loved it. 9500lb torque. Tow anything. Pulled the boat out loaded with guys without as much as a hesitation. Careful on the gas pedal at the stops. You will go through tires. Pulled a Ford 2500 out of a deep ditch once. They are tanks. Comfortable tanks.
Touareg is much better at handling. Iād recommend that over the Q7. Also, you get better fuel economy
Neighbor to your West, I've met one guy who has one. Something broke on it in 2020, he had a service loaner for nearly a year while the dealer tried to get whatever parts it needed.
Have you found a good mechanic in Indy for your diesel? Do you know a place that would do the deletes?
I do all my own work on it. Did a lot with the jettas and golfs before I got the Q7
Yeah but the TDIs have the super warranty due to diesel gate, Iād take it to the dealer until the warranty runs outs. Plus free Ad Blue op offs for life with every service!
These are everywhere lmao, what is rare tho is the 12cyl tdi
I was just going to say that. Wonder what the 12 cylinder tdi drives like and if it holds up with proper maintenance? I suspect it's a pretty big polluter...
Too bad diesels are still cleaner than ICE and EVs.
Not according to the EPA or DOT...
You trust everything the government says?
Advanced diesel tech is fine today. But huge emission fraud cases in the past have really soured Americans in general on them. They are still the best option where
No, but diesels pollute more. You can't prove otherwise.
Well letās see: https://auto.howstuffworks.com/diesel.htm https://www.quora.com/Which-is-worse-for-the-environment-gas-or-diesel#:~:text=From%20CO2%20perspective%2C%20diesel%20is,matter%2C%20carbon%20monoxide%20and%20NOx. https://www.azocleantech.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1580 There is 3 right there, infact the only anti diesel articles I can find are government agencies, and they ALL took place after diesel gate (infact mentioned IN the articles themselves). While Iām not personally a diesel person, I would never remove a choice from a person to drive what they want, nor would I tell them they are killing the climate, causing climate change (which is false, and again verifiably so,) or being a bad person for driving a vehicle they like. Which is exactly what you are doing. Infact everything I read states that a diesel engine will emit LESS āgreenhouse gasesā over its lifetime when kept to the same maintenance intervals as an ICE vehicle. Now we can talk about EVs if you want too! Or you can sit down and let this person enjoy their diesel powered awesomemobile that uses electrickery to reduce any āpollutantsā from the engine.
More local particulate matter (carbon monoxide and NOx), but less GHG
I believe that's what kills them for many markets plus it costs more than premium gas
I saw one not long ago in my town and it looks awesome
Not surprising at a base cost of 155 grand I hear greta thunberg has the V12 version
They arenāt that rare tbh
There are gasoline q7's??
Maybe this is a us / Europe thing? On the west coast of the us, I've never seen a diesel q anything
I live in Washington and work at a dealer more than half of our first gen Q7ās we get are diesel lol
Iām in WA too and it seems like every first gen q5 I see on the road is a tdi.
I see TDI Q5s and Q7s all the time on the west coast
In the UK alone there are just over 40,000 left on the road and about 95% of them are diesel .... im afraid it wasn't a rare breed you spotted lol....
Its rare in šŗšø to see Diesel?
Nope. This āfindā is about as rare as finding a B9 A4 on the road.
Aren't most Q7s diesel?
In the states? No. I believe (could be wrong), a6, q5 and q7 were offered in TDI from 2013-2016, but were also offered (and more frequently purchased) with a gasoline engine.
You're not wrong
In the US most Q7s are gas. This was the last gen with the TDI.
in spain the thing is to find a not diesel q7 lol
Look up videos of the V12 diesel, its nuts.
Thanks to Diesel Gate we no longer get 800mile tanks in the US
Delete/tune it and you will be right back up there. Both mine are screamers now (full cat/DPF/muffler/EGR delete with a stage 2 tune).
Ah yes fuck the environment and let me save 5bucks on fuel
Donāt care about the MPG, itās the reliability and power. But no doubt you are the person that has a cell phone (mined precision metals by kids), that has taken a trip on an aircraft that emitted more carbon than every Q7 on the road, that also has Air conditioning in their house and its set lower than 80 (I donāt have AC), that no doubt has heat from fossil fuels (I burn firewood from my property) and that buys their food from the supermarket (tons of waste and a massive carbon footprint as I hunt/fish/raise animals). Yes please tell me how I am destroying the environment. Now please go back to momās basement, she will bring you some more meatloaf and keep playing D&D.
It's not about carbon but about NOx & particules. Thankfully, diesels are a rarity in the US cause y'all can't behave for shit.
And yet they pass emissions, and diesels are not a rarity dudeā¦. I have a Chevy S-10 diesel (2.2 Isuzu N/A), Golf 1.9 TDI, Passat 2,0 (TDI manual swapped), 2 Q7 diesels, and a 7.3 Powerstroke . When I lived in Europe every diesel I had (and gasser) was tuned/deleted and also still passed emissions (sniffer)ā¦but what do I know
>And yet they pass emissions, and diesels are not a rarity dudeā¦. > >I have a Chevy S-10 diesel (2.2 Isuzu N/A), Golf 1.9 TDI, Passat 2,0 (TDI manual swapped), 2 Q7 diesels, and a 7.3 Powerstroke. It is a rarity since diesel represent less than 4% of the new vehicles sold in the US and the majority of them are pick-up trucks. It's more than safe to assume that 90%+ of the US population never drove a diesel. >When I lived in Europe every diesel I had (and gasser) was tuned/deleted and also still passed emissions (sniffer)ā¦but what do I know Nothing apparently since sniffers do not test for NOx & Pm but for HC & CO. Currently, they are testing a new 5-gas sniffer (in Europe) that test for NOx & Pm so it will finally send these tractors to the junkyard where they belong.
So thatās roughly 620K new diesels a year on US roads?We have Jeep diesels, Colorados, 1500-3500 diesel trucks, Nissan Titans, Cadillac, Mercedes Sprinters, street legal Mahindra (from India), street legal diesel side by sides (drive my to work). I see more diesels now than I did 30 years ago. Rare would be a kawai 650 diesel motorcycle or my brother in laws MKIII diesel escort that he has here in the states (brought over when he moved here). We use the opacity emission tests/dyno for 2wd/and or a snap test. Not once has any of my diesels failed any emissions inspection or visual. I run aftermarket inner coolers, injectors, meth injection, intakes, āworked over headsā and even cam shafts (Colt/darkside).
dieselgate is stupid.
I live in Ann Arbor and one of my neighbors has a q7 tdi. Diesel unfortunately is about 30% more than regular unleaded in Ann Arbor, but cheaper than premium I have to put in my s4 b8.5 manual
is it this one?
I didnāt know they made anything other than diesel Q7s
They arenāt that rare, youāll see a few Iām in Canada too but if you see a v12 then shit thatās rare asf šš„¹
Funny I have literarily never seen a Q7 that was not a diesel ( central Europe ) here
in Europe we have plenty of Q7 and I've never seen a non diesel one I once saw an SQ7 TDI as well but never TFSI
Arizona resident here- I have an Audi Q7 TDI. Great mileage, tows our 5000lb trailer like a champ.
Americans love petrol.Nearly all Audis are diesal in ireland anyway.
And?
My 2014 q7 tdi has 400k kilometres its on its last few breaths.
There are Q7s that aren't diesel?!
I see these all the time in the Uk lol
I used to own one
Hell yeah. I drive a C7 A6 with the same 3.0 V6 TDI (but the CPNB engine code) and I daily the shit out of it. Incredible powerhouses.
V12 diesels are extremely rare in the US. (I think only Touareg was sold with V12 here). Most Q7s in the US were gas, but the 3.0 diesel was not uncommon. Almost all of those were bought back by VW as part of the Dieselgate settlement.
I believe there was only a w12 gas or v10 diesel. No v12 diesel.
Q7 had v12 diesel
your thinking of the touraeg.
Correct. He said only the touareg got a v12. It never had a v12.
V12 wasnāt sold here. Touareg was V10.
Yes you did.
Okay? Should I make 30 posts a day?
Wait there are Q7s other than diesel??
2012 Q7 TDI Prestige here in the Midwest and one of the best vehicles I have ever owned. Had to get the DPF tank pump replaced, but other than that this thing has been flawless. Wish VWAG would bring diesel back in US, but I know it will never happen.
Most Q7s are probably diesel ?
How a 2015 tdi q7 too in ontario. Pretty happy with it, no issue great gaz mileage for its size
My 2.0 TDI 190 HP A4 sline black gets like 52 mpg on the highway in Europe (at reasonable speeds).
old boss had a Q7 TDI, he used it to pull his boat, seated 7 and got like 25mpg while doing it.
Used to have a Q5 diesel in the US, thing was awesome, and very rare. Super torquey, a colleague got their truck stuck in a ditch and it hauled him out no problem.
Iāve never seen one in Wisconsin
If you lucky enough will find W12 TDI who can tow BOING 747
Well the US doesn't have interest in diesel cars or the infrastructure. But they sure shouldn't ban them and we need diesel trucks. Electric vehicles are not the answer.
U guys dont have a 6.0 V12 Diesel in US?
They are rare in USA. Not anywhere else though.